By LD
Wednesday in Leicester and my second De Montfort university Cultural Exchanges event, a lecture by Dr Stuart Price ‘STOCKWELL: the overproduction of force.’
I was really interested in the circumstances surrounding the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. After watching ‘In the line of fire’ (the ITV documentary about SO19) recently I was keen to find out what we could learn from the press coverage of the days events and the subsequent investigation.
Dr Price presented some really interesting evidence surrounding the one dimensional reporting of the incident and questioned the use of lethal force in such situations by the police.
In turn the lecture highlighted a lot of police failings I wasn’t aware of and the failure of the media to present a balanced argument. A really insightful and very interesting hour well spent.
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